Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage

by Sandy Fritz

Success in massage therapy begins with a solid foundation in the fundamentals! Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage, 6th Edition helps you build the skills you need, from assessing problems and planning treatment to mastering massage techniques and complementary bodywork. Case studies bring concepts to life, and guidelines to professionalism include topics such as ethics, legal issues, and best business practices. 'How-to' videos on an Evolve companion website demonstrate manipulation techniques, body mechanics, positioning and draping, and more. If you want to prepare for certification exams and succeed in practice, this resource from massage therapy expert Sandy Fritz is your text of choice.

Genres: Nonfiction

267 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1900

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dry, my friends, dry. Pompous. Classic, dull textbook. Not friendly. But some real, advanced ideas are in there. Somewhere, aching for a better format.

[Lisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

The chapter covering medical terminology and nomenclature was solid. The rest was not useful for many reasons. Here are a few: did not adequately dive deep into the skillset of therapeutic massage not the biomechanics of the practitioner. Insufficient coverage of the anatomy-[hysiology aspects of the profession--which are tested on the MBLEX: such as business, clinical assessments, ethics in terms used broadly within the profession, more.

Most of the content was a repetitive subset of Mosby's Essentials, also by Fritz. A number of parameters emphasized appear to be outliers within the profession.

I highly recommend replacing books by Fritz as foundational massage therapy texts for these 3 texts:
ONE Applied Anatomy & Physiology by Lisa Archer (editions post 2018 so as to include new understanding of the interstitium)
TWO Unit-1 of Massage Therapy in Practice by Sandy Fallon (this is solid coverage of all those nonanatomy-physiology topics)
THREE Trail Guide and Trail Guide flashcards, vol1 and vol2

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just finished my Swedish Massage class on August 31st. I got a 100 on my written final exam and a 98 on my practical/hands-on exam. I'd say that's pretty damn good.

This book on the other hand, did really put me to sleep pretty much every time I read it, however the 2nd half of chapter four was by far my favorite and the most enjoyable section of the book I read.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I were to do it over again, I might purchase the Trail Guide for studying. That being said....